Major imprints ‘confident’ they can meet schools minister Nick Gibb’s challenge to inspire children with sets of canonical novels at ‘minimal cost’Classic novels such as powerful Expectations,Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre should be available in secondary schools for all pupils to read, according to schools minister Nick Gibb, and who has challenged the UK’s publishers to make 100 classic titles available to schools at low prices.
Speaking at the Publishers organization’s conference this week,Gibb revealed the Department for Education has been looking into how to provide more sets of classic novels for schools. “We want every pupil to possess the chance to be taught and read a wide range of literary classics which can inspire a lifelong love of reading,” said Gibb. “Access to these wonderful novels shouldnt be the preserve of the few. I want every secondary school to possess a stock of classics such as powerful Expectations, and Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre so that whole classes across the country can like them together.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com